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Ilōre Mūrencālā!
Today Midyear's Day!
#summersolstice

#conlang #conlangs @conlang #language #languages #linguistics

Friend of a friend reports that another friend got a job in tech straight out of university, zero experience, because they had learned three medieval languages for their degree, and could read a #knitting pattern.

The interviewer allegedly said:

"Well, you won't have any problems learning to code, will you !!"

#FibreArt #FiberArt #FibreArts #FiberArts #Languages #Coding

Week 21
Root *h2lá-j1 'sing, chant'

alāthein [ a.'la:.θeɪ̯n ] - to sing (intransitive verb, medium voice)

aorist: ēlãisathe
perfect: ēlātha/alêlātha

active voice: alayein [ a.'la.jeɪ̯n ] ( to sing to s.o, +dat)

related:
alais [ 'a.laɪ̯s ] - song (noun, PART sg: alaya)
alāthýs [ a.'la:.θɨs ] - singer (m/f) (noun, PART sg: alāthýda)

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The Mayan languages spreading across the US

"Immigrants from Mexico and Central America are taking their ancient languages to new territories."

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250515-the-mayan-languages-spreading-across-the-us?ocid=global_future_rss

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#languages #centralamerica #mexico #history

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Some more thoughts on #aphantasia and language. So, I don’t have visuals in my brain at all (I cannot picture my wife, or my parents, even if I try). I always thought when people said they were thinking about me, that it was in the same abstract sense that I think.

Somehow; this also means that my language skills are over-developed. I basically think in chunks of text. I was talking to a coworker about how she feels she needs to translate her spoken thoughts or words into written words, whereas I have the opposite problem. I used to have great difficulty translating my thoughts into speech. They come out as fully formed.. essays. And that is how I write. And why I struggled with public speaking, or speaking, for a very long time. My thoughts are verbose texts and abstract concepts.

I can write large chunks of texts quickly because I ‘see’ and ‘feel’ language in that way.

As a not-visual learner; mind maps confuse me: but I can scan complex academic texts and speed read and digest text very quickly.

This somehow doesn’t work with non-Latin languages. I have great verbal hearing (I can ‘hear’ and understand almost all Asian languages quickly to a fairly high level) but even though Mandarin is my primary other language perhaps because of the graphical nature of it, I can’t ’perceive’ or ‘feel’ it as well when I read. My Mandarin reading is probably closer to how people read, in general.

#Languages

Week 20

Root: *hgát- 'simple, plain'

chatin [ 'xa.tin ] - easy, simple (adjective)

chatevad [ 'xa.te.ʋad ] - ease, simplicity (noun, PART sg: chatevadha)

related:
chatethein [ 'xa.te.θeɪ̯n ] - to be easy, to be simple (intransitive verb, medium voice)

reflexive translation:
to make it easy on o.s.

aorist: echãisathe
perfect: cechatetha

Vingre echãisathenar - They tend to make it very easy on themselves.

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#goodnews #inspiring #history #antique #university #languages #typewriter #China #NewYork

The Sole Prototype of the First Chinese Typewriter Was Discovered in a New York Basement

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/the-sole-prototype-of-the-first-chinese-typewriter-was-discovered-in-a-new-york-basement/

Week 19

sebōin [ 'se.bo:ɪ̯n ] - to drink, transitive verb active voice

aorist: esêpsō
perfect: sesibõu

from root: *sébh - 'drink', 'fluid'

sebhrā [ 'se.βra: ] - drinks:
- alië [ a.'li.e ] - water (noun, PART sg: aliā)
- ayal [ 'a.jal ] - milk (noun, PART sg ayala)
- rẽus [ 'ɾẽ:ʊ̯s] - beer (noun, PART sg rēpsa)
- zemel [ 'ze.mel ] - wine (noun, PART sg zemela)

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After more than half a century, a one-of-a-kind Chinese typewriter emerges from obscurity.

https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/mingkwai-typewriter-found/

#mingkwai #typewriter #design #languages #machines #history

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Sooo excited to see a project like this!

Librelingo, FOSS alternative to Duolingo

https://librelingo.app/

@librelingo

#Languages #Humanities #Duolingo #LibreLingo #CommunityDriven #FOSS #Learning

Week 18

Root *lj1áṛ2t 'free, liberate'

lyartāin [ 'ʎaɾ.ta:ɪ̯n ] - to liberate, to free (transitive verb, active mode, takes dative case)

aorist: elyārsā
perfect: lelyartō

lyartas [ 'ʎaɾ.tas ] - liberation (noun, PART sg lyartā)

lyarta [ 'ʎaɾ.ta ] - liberated, freed (adjective)

cf:
sōla [ 'so:.la ] - free, unbound (adjective)
sōlavad [ 'so:.la.ʋad ] - liberty, freedom (noun, PART sg sōlavadha)

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(Today is Dutch Liberation Day)

Ilōre Nondul!
Today: Foundation Day!
#foundation

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Ukrainian cartoon, author Yura Brezytskiy:
"The cause of the blackout in Spain has been established."
#languages #humor #humour #cartoon #spain #donquijote #ukraine #jazykysveta

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If you've been using Duolingo to learn German, Spanish, or French, give Seedlang a try. Real people, for the love of languages, create learning content there! https://www.seedlang.com #Languages #LanguageLearning #Seedlang

So, I reached a 1000 days streak on Duolingo just in time to read about their CEO willingness to replace workers with AI–generated bullshit.

Guess I might not want to reach 1001.

Any good or even average alternative, in particular for Spanish?

#Duolingo #SpanishLearning #Languages #LanguageLearning

Discovered something very important

#pittsbugh #pizza #pizzaburgh #PA #badpuns #japan #japanese #language #languages #translation

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Tsedorā Calmeä Výssaler!
Happy Spring Holidays!
#happyeaster

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Is Python causing performance issues with your small embedded machine? The Lua programming language may be a better alternative
https://www.makerspace-online.com/rpi-plus-temperature-sensor-to-talk-to-a-ps-vita-display-2/?utm_source=mms
#RaspberryPi #Lua #Python #programming #languages #performance #Bash #scripting #PSVita

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Pete Metcalfe shows you how to create a Julia graphical user interface, micro-web server, and charting apps that communicate with Raspberry Pi hardware
https://www.makerspace-online.com/julia-programming-language-on-a-raspberry-pi/?utm_source=mms
#Julia #languages #RaspberryPi #hardware #SBC #programming #DataScience #AI #Jupyter #Python #GUI

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In honor of the general elections coming up in Singapore I’ll share some Singaporean terms in various languages.

1. KPKB

When you see this, it’s the colorful Hokkien phrase ‘kao peh kao bu’

It means ‘crying for both my father and mother’

This usually refers to ‘making a scene’. As in ‘boss gave him extra work to do at the last minute so he kpkb’

In political terms, my minister of parliament (Iswaran) was recently arrested for one of the worst corruption cases in our history, so you can be sure his party is KPKB right now

#Singapore #Languages

Week 15

Root: *ẉ3tru-ṃ ('solemn ritual, solemnity')

- utrum [ 'u.tɾum ] - marriage (noun, PART sg case utruma)

- utrumein [ u.'tɾu.meɪ̯n ] - to marry s.o. (transitive verb, active mode)

aorist: hutrũima
perfect: vetrumu

- intransitive, medium mode form:
utrumethein [ u.'tɾu.me.θeɪ̯n ] - to get married

- utru(gh)ellos [ u.'tɾu.(ɣ)e.lˠos ] - groom
- utru(gh)elmas [ u.'tɾu.(ɣ)el.mas ] - bride
(spelling differs per region)

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Question for non-native English speakers: would you say there is enough high-quality scientific information for those with non-science backgrounds in your language? (You can also add your language in the comments and elaborate if you’d like.)

In my native language (Romanian), I’ve noticed there is a vacuum that in recent years has been filled alarmingly fast by pseudoscientific, new agey hogwash. Trying to point people towards high-quality information is quite a daunting task, since there is very little available, so I’m curious how this looks in other languages.

Please consider boosting for reach. Thanks!

#science #SciComm #languages #misinformation

I feel like this news must be paired with the fact that the U.S. has more Spanish-speakers than any country other than Mexico. Yes, more than Spain and more than Argentina! And that doesn’t even take into account the many other languages people in the U.S. speak.
https://wearemitu.com/wearemitu/culture/the-us-worlds-second-spanish-speaking-nation/

https://apnews.com/article/weather-spanish-translation-noaa-nws-trump-71c727dbe2e4956247c9d9152494f1dc
#languages #uspol

Week 14

yūgā [ 'ju:.ga: ] - numbers

Valannic has a duodecimal counting system.

1. nene [ 'ne.ne ]
2. rua [ 'ɾu.a ]
3. thia [ 'θi.a ]
4. nala [ 'na.la ]
5. vinta [ 'ʋin.ta ]
6. cotta [ 'ko.t:a ]
7. tyatta [ 'ca.t:a ]
8. cimma [ 'ki.m:a ]
9. demma [ 'de.m:a ]
10. gana [ 'ga.na ]
11. lugna [ 'luŋ.na ]
12. rūn [ 'ɾu:n ]
144. yũrrūn [ 'jũ.ru:n ]

rūn yorā - twelve eggs (NOM pl1 case)
rūn yoreta - a dozen (of) eggs (PART pl1 case)

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